Dorsal commissure of fornix [hippocampus] [Dorsal psalterium]

Commissura fornicis [hippocampi] dorsalis [Psalterium dorsale]

Definition

Juliette Garnodier

The dorsal commissure of the fornix, in the rhinencephalon, is the commissure located between the two columns of the fornix, ventral to the splenium of the corpus callosum.

References

  • Barone R, Bortolami R. Anatomie comparée des mammifères domestiques, Tome 6, Neurologie I, Vigot, Paris, 2004.

  • Evans HE, de Lahunta A. Miller’s anatomy of the dog, 4th edition, Elsevier Saunders, St Louis, 2012.